Table 1 Number of exact concordance in global similarity (gS) and atomic similarities (aS) in the 38,083 identified pairs in a database of 300,859 patients
From: Medical record linkage in health information systems by approximate string matching and clustering
Atomic similarities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gS | BN* | MN* | BN/MN* | First name | Date of birth | |
Pairs | 38,083 | 38,083 | 38,083 | 76,166 ** | 38,083 | 38,083 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 31,747 | 57,088 | 0 | 0 |
Values at 1 | 9,566 | 25,990 | 5,348 | 3,065 | 26,017 | 26,505 |
in % | 25.1 | 68.2 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 68.3 | 69.6 |